[000:00:00;00] not only did they not speak out against the war in any way, but in most cases they support it. at the last minute of this week , the eu-ukraine summit is to be held in kyiv, which will be attended by president zelensky, the head of the european commission and the council of the eu, your prime minister said that in addition to stepping he will be in the eu for the next two years. this is a very difficult task, recalling the words of the french president that ukraine has been swearing on this issue for decades. what is your opinion, will ukraine really succeed in gaining membership in the eu during these two years, ukrainians

have demonstrated to the whole world that sometimes they are capable of creating a stranger if we talk about the achievements of european integration, let's recall how many days passed from the moment of submitting an application for eu membership, which took place on february 28 of last year, until ukraine received the candidate status of ukraine on june 27, only 115 days ago, i will not say that it is impossible and yet i agree with some expert critics that we need to go through all the stages of european integration in order for this process to be successful and we are ready more than ever now we are at the final stage working out the seven recommendations given to us by the european commission . we are waiting for the interim assessment report at the beginning of march. and as soon as it is positive. to change after the start of these negotiations and i agree that the process can be significantly accelerated by

applying for eu membership ukraine did not start this process from scratch, unlike other countries that really may need decades to join the eu, what significance will all this have for ukraine, all this is extremely important. this is a decisive moment for ukraine . a full member or close to this goal lays the foundation for ukraine's victory over the aggressor. we want to become part of the european future, not the russian past, part of the eu and not ussr 2:0 and we will succeed. i sincerely thank mr. igor for joining

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. perhaps he will work in the office of the president also has such data on who can head the ministry of defense, there are also guesses, it could be kyrylo budanov . well, how can you imagine the main intelligence department without budanov now? historical footage is very important now, besides, i suggest to our tv viewers to make such an impromptu one-hour marathon, we will remind you that uh, we are conducting a gathering together with outpost ua at the power station for fighters of the 406th artillery brigade, this is uh, a brigade that minus a huge number of incredibly rare russian vehicles, in particular and anti-aircraft guns that worked in the arctic earlier, very rare machines that were relocated to kherson region, well , one of them has already gone. as they say, to hell, we collect them at the power plant

, the gunners can’t work without them qualitatively, you can see a qr-code on your screens that you can scan with your smartphone and get a link to the bank that can be replenished accordingly . the guys give huge hugs and gratitude, but this is not enough, we need to press on, we need more, so in the next hour i will periodically remind you about this collection and at the end of the hour i will tell you how much we managed to add to this amount e qr-code to things remain in the corner, it will be available throughout our broadcast, scan as well, join well, the best thing you can do in the sense of investing in your own safety is to help our defenders buy what they need so much, as of now, we are about

the ukrainian military, ukrainian special forces operate outside the ukrainian border and are attacking russia on its territory, reports de garde . oleksiy, the military informs that in the worst case scenario, the ukrainian government will deny any information about them, but they note that they are members of a brotherhood battalion of a volunteer group of ukrainian special forces fighting against vladimir putin deep in russia, and their work ranges from kidnapping high-ranking kremlin officials to destroying key objects of military infrastructure and the downing of enemy planes on the territory of russia, one of the soldiers vladyslav reported that they are talking about it publicly in order to

putin and the occupiers knew that it was very easy for ukrainian fighters to cross the russian border. the brotherhood insists that it is vital for the russian high command to feel the joke of the battle on its own territory. well, let's remember what was marked this week . the ukraine eu summit was held. we received a new package of military aid from the united states for more than 2 billion and they agreed to provide us with glsdb, these are guided smart bombs that will now fly on e-e hm let's say much further enemy rear up to 150 km this opens up completely new things for us possibilities, the discussion continues around f16 and we are waiting for february 14, how was it already christened the aviation rammstein about all this and not only will we talk with our next guest, he will be re-presented by oleksandr kraev , an expert of the council of foreign policy of ukrainian prism, we congratulate you, oleksandr, let us hear how you are doing well, let's start one by one with the eu-ukraine summit that took place in kyiv

with the participation of ursula von der leyen char le-michel, what are the main conclusions for ukraine of this meeting , please, first of all, we see that the european union said those messages, those narratives that we fortunately expected to hear, that the sanctions remain the same until the end, and our movement towards european integration is, in principle, even better than they expected. let's say they did it right , but in fact the general positive message was very clearly perceived and was very correct , that is, despite the fact that in some aspects we are still moving slowly, especially in the judicial

the reform concerns in general the european union notes our progress and does not give up on the fact that ukraine will one way or another start negotiations on accession in the future to the new package, first of all, or finally. let's say yes or no, in the first european union will actively press the nuclear sphere, the sphere of nuclear energy production of the russian federation, and we understand that for such a technological structure that the russian economic machine has, the industrial machine is, in its turn, an indirect, but still , attack on the nuclear weapons potential of the russian federation, therefore, one way or another, it is a very right step, besides, the tenth package , in principle, like several previous ones, it will close the loopholes that remained in the packages that existed before that, that is, one way or another, but each subsequent package is designed to make all the previous ones more effective and not give the russians the opportunity even through the third

countries to circumvent the imposed sanctions. please tell me, mr. oleksandr. and in general, what part of ukraine, the eu, was more important to our partners ? -th ways, or after all , the question of our reforms is not the finalization of our entry into the european union, tangible prospects and terms, you know, it was rather similar to the classic method of a good policeman a bad policeman, because the first part, the first topic of which was mentioned, was obviously a good policeman, because even here the european union was absolutely positive, absolutely open that they are really with us until the end, the new sanctions, which are , in principle, very correct, very necessary , will the european union and economically support ukraine will ready to talk about the neighbor about the expansion of the association about further memberships and so on and so on and so on the second part regarding reforms - this was precisely

the part of a bad policeman and therefore her even on the mountain was not carried out so actively because here, in fact, as i already said, we have some problems, we have advanced in the implementation of reforms by more than half, that is, in fact, a large part of our work has already been done, especially when we say transparent governance, an open market and democratic values, but the question in because the other half of this reform provides a general complex and implementation , that is, the other half is judicial reform, and we all understand how bad our judicial reform is, but without an independent system of courts, all the previous reforms will be absolutely nothing, and therefore, answering your question, what was the first, what was more positive, just the first part about constant support. was mostly non-public and it was just negative, we are, by the way, dmitry medvedev dmitry medvedev, the third president

of russia, short, short, he wrote a big post, but somewhat funny, well, the original language yesterday, a green patient from the narcological ward was visited by an aunt of a gynecologist who portrayed the main european doctor. they discussed the rapid and fabulous recovery of the economy of little russia in the eu. well, this is understandable. the kiev regime, with the support of its western kurots, is fighting russia until victory, and the economy is a dishonest territory that is rapidly changing . in a stinking mess , they openly talk about it even in those countries that promise the ukrainian regime recovery forever, european love, even aunt, a gynecologist - this is a usunov fondolian, i am not i know, perhaps, oleksandr, how this one is evaluated in russia and is there an adequate reaction to what happened in kyiv, i ask that an adequate reaction should not be expected, however , this is medvedev’s post. and by the way, there were also statements by volodin, there were statements by other leaders of public opinion, let’s say this one can speak russian like that, they were in the same tone, they

were infantile well, excuse me for calling the word gynecologist, well, this is not even a first- class level, to be honest, that's why they were infantile , they were distant, they were choleric, a lot of why does this simply indicate that the russians do not like our rapprochement with the eu, for example, there was no such reaction to the previous one, and in fact, that is why i received so much, so it seems to me that it is rather an indicator that we are doing everything right, because when your enemy hates what you are doing, so you are definitely doing unnecessary things for a year . well, nevertheless, he goes on to write about the loss of ukraine's economy and territory and access to minerals. well, there are serious numbers and they may not be completely true but well, but plus -minus eh. there may be truth in them. but instead, i read the imf forecasts , it seems, regarding the russian economy, alexander , who is she next year, this year, it is

already plus 0.3%, the imf plans, well, the forecast for the russian economy and the past in 2018, russia did not fall so much and fell there according to the imf forecast. it seems that it was 3.4 - but in fact there were 2.2 , that is, 2.2 similar falls for the year due to supposedly such hellish sanctions, well, this is not enough output. it seems to me, uh, what do you think, please this is really insufficient, this is what our colleagues constantly insist on when they ask us consultations with western stakeholders, when western colleagues and experts ask us for advice, we constantly say that you underestimated russia's resistance, unfortunately, we also underestimated it, and that's why we need more and more sanctions. and at the same time , the imf's assessment is working, the imf can only upset those honey provided either by international markets or by the states themselves, and now we fall into the statistical trap that we often fall into with dictatorial countries with closed

countries, they provide only the information that consider it necessary. this obviously attaches to international markets, and therefore with the help of international market elements of analysis, we cannot sufficiently thoroughly assess the level of their economy, and therefore we can say that if we read ourselves about russia, we must understand that they operate in conditions of very limited access to information, an excellent example of such mistakes - let's say the question of assessing china's economic potential in 2016 china was given monkeys if i'm not mistaken, about 10-12 percent growth per year, but the next year, unexpectedly, the chinese economy fell to 4%. simply because the information provided by the chinese and the information that could be taken from open sources pointed to the absolute superiority of china, remember from the 16th year it was just when everyone started talking about the fact that china was about to overtake america and become the strongest, but

the reality for such states is always much harsher than they would like to see. that is, you are hinting that this forecast may be based on false information and the fall of the russian economy may be a reality, not a growth of plus 0.3, but a drop absolutely yes, i would say no untrue and it is based on very limited information . that is, as an analyst, i understand as an expert that it is to act in conditions of limited information , that is, the imf has 10-15% of the information that they need for a normal analysis if we compare with the countries of the west, and accordingly, we have from here and here is 10-15% of an adequate analysis , mr. oleksandr, one more comment, the breakthrough of the crossing of some such psychological border of the border in the context of providing us with projectiles that will hit at a range of up to 150 km . the united states decided that it is finally time for this to make uh, thanks to that, that is, it is simply a merit of the time, since there were machines with

something else, it is possible that there were some catalyzing factors and, in general, the assessment of the military aid that we currently receive , i am asking, in fact, there are several factors, that is, the main factor that i always i repeat on every broadcast that this is the armed forces of ukraine, we will simply show that we are not giving up our territory, we are ready to liberate our territory and , accordingly, we are able and ready to use western weapons of the highest quality and to the fullest extent, that is, let's let's recall the situation with the kaimars at that time, the americans were simply afraid that the hands of the russians were in their hands, and therefore they did not give them for a long, long time. now we are completely the armed forces of ukraine are the main catalyst for the fact that they give us weapons, we just need them as long as we do not lose and by all means by all means to further support the second important aspect of everything that russia simply swallowed, that is, let's remember that the issue

with tanks for russia was in many ways a red line, the issue with tanks was raised by patrubshef at the meeting with broms tanks, the same medvedev, the already mentioned possession was called the last step of a nuclear war, that is, the russians showed with all their might that it was the tanks of the steeled escalation, but in the end the tanks promised that the tanks would be there soon. they are sorry for such jargon, they are not responsible for their bazaar, they promise a lot, but they cannot fulfill anything, and accordingly, another confirmation of what to believe about their words of escalation, well, just not it is possible. so, in ukraine , you have to give everything and the third, last but very important component .

it's worse if you're a western politician . and this is where this one comes from. well, let's say this is an initiative from the west to give ukraine more actively and better , oleksandr. well, another rammstein, whose military partners will gather on valentine 's day on february 14 will it really become aviation, please give your forecast and what kind of aircraft we are talking about, what we can count on and when, please, if it is very short , the sentence of ukrainian diplomacy for a very long time, in fact, why it will become aviation, because we see support for this idea in the west in fact, my colleagues and i were even a little ahead of us in promoting the narrative about aircraft for ukraine .

nato is, first of all, secondly, it really is a matter of f 16, if we are already two, there is little information that our pilots and teams of ground engineers have actually trained on them. now we will have at least some certainty, that is, what are the terms, what is the quantity, what is the quality and such and thirdly, we know that the same british have been modernizing their air force for the past two years, they have been modernizing their aircraft that are used in the fleet, and in fact now they have a few hundreds of them in reserve, including those that were have been written off since the 19th year, and in this regard i consider myself a british citizen . thank you very much. dobryan director of communications of the ukrainian congress committee, we congratulate mr. andriy

. glory to ukraine, glory to the heroes. the first question will be related to internal affairs directly in the united states. at least in our broadcasts, there was the possibility, and the intention, to leave the us congress. complex documents where a lot of different things are spelled out and the budget for our armaments is included in the overall defense budget of the united states and when some individual congresswoman does not vote for this document - it does not mean that she does not vote for support ukraine has absolutely legitimate reasons to ask questions about this entire document, however, mr. andriy viktoriya spurned the intention under the pressure of the congress. what happened

is very interesting, but she, because of her career, who has only been in the congress for a short time since the 20th year, and very interestingly, voted a i'm not only saying that she's a politician, but when she's a member of the republicans , she voted on purpose like they did, and sometimes she would think that she's so independent , how can a very young politician behave so independently, then and you will see that there is none support for everyone here to be a politician in america and you need a lot of support for this , and i think you should probably look for her. how many such independent statements did she have like you and the same when she cooperated with democracy and a few charitable actions like that? well, honestly

in life, what am i not? i don't know how long now, now in the congress, they put victoria as a very close adviser to them, because she, as i will always say , i will say that she is a kind of independent body, has her own opinions and votes independently, in that i do not know what kind of partner this would be was for other politicians p to andrei, in the official explanation of why she is leaving the congress, victoria wrote on twitter that it seems that because of family matters, that she wants to raise children, take care of children and devote her life to this, is this true, what is the truth in this explanation ? when it is inserted that she will not vote to run for office

, this is not the first flight. a strong candidate who is already supported by president trump, as well as other heads of the republican party, then she knows that she will not become a candidate for the senate and probably again as she wants. yes, she wanted to vote independently of the parties of her friends . it seems that she will not be able to raise enough money to become a candidate for the future uh, andrew, a few more questions following the topic today this week, uh, is an absolutely extraordinary event i would like to quote now the attorney general of the united states, mary kagarland today, i am announcing that i have authorized the first-ever transfer of confiscated russian assets for use in ukraine, these confiscated assets came after i announced in april last year the indictment of russian oligarch

kostyantyn alefeev on charges of sanctions evasion, galant said, this could really be a big start for all of us we perfectly understand but together with the fact that it was possible to take this first step , taking into account how important the factor of private property is in a democratic society to american society and well it's practically sacred, here we see that they still found a mechanism for a subsaction politician who committed offenses on the territory of the united states to withdraw funds and give them to the benefit of ukraine, wow, but i can probably remember your words uh, the speaker and with whom there was a conversation earlier, there were red lines and already further and further and further military aid for ukraine has passed

in the same way, we can also talk about advocacy companies that we promote and ukraine and lawyers for ukraine here in america and in relation to more and more needs to be done by the attorney general's office here in america, as everyone understands now, now and before, there was a conversation you had about russia's economy for the coming year, for the 23rd year, and really , did those sanctions work? the problem for the attorney general for the administration here in america is that they promised strong sanctions here , but it seems that there will be no such impact on the russian economy, as there will be no change, as you said earlier, and in that there were

some mortars and finally such steps and what a those who are agitating for ukraine before the congress finally heard a little from the administration that it will be necessary to take a slightly different step, different possibilities to collect the money of the aggressor p andriyu, but about the money of the aggressor in ukraine itself as far as the usa is aware of the fact that russian business is still working in ukraine, he feels calm in particular, there is one large bank called alpha bank, now sinzbank is 96% owned by putin's inner circle, in particular, there is oblenergo there, babakov is managed by a deputy of the state duka, the owners, i apologize for the honor ukrainian oblenergo is there, arkady rottenberg, the owner of the largest trading platform in the capital, which is called ocean plaza, and the maximum that ukrainian justice has done there is that oblenergo was arrested at the bank there and the primary platform is working, confiscations have not been any

russian assets for a whole year of full-scale military operations in ukraine do they know about this in america and how do they feel about it, because it seems to me that ukrainians need to start with themselves if we want to take money from the russians and send them to help ukraine has troops, infrastructure, and other things. let's start with ourselves, unfortunately, the ukrainian government. well, for various reasons , it doesn't speak to you yet. well, i'm with you . what should be done a little more with this? when i come to ukraine, i get a new list from ordinary soldiers or from public activists or even from the government , we have to do such and such in america. not only

america should investigate but also ukraine is the same with tanks, well, it didn’t happen now, but it’s already been a full year. why didn’t it happen after a full year? i can’t answer for the ukrainian government, but i can say that more is being done now than we had before, and we need to we are talking about airplanes, we also need to talk about sanctions and about russian finances or banks or other institutions behind which we should not rest, but the same questions that we had at first in full scale, but from the authorities or earlier, why do we leave such a thing in ukraine? we do not should rest now, yes, mr. andriy, joseph biden, the american president will visit poland in the near future , he announced this, they announced it in the office, because i, dudy , confirmed that at the beginning, there were certain, eh